The sound used for the electronic toy is from the Coleco Football hand-held game from the year this was released. It was a direct competitor to the Mattel Electronics Football (which also has sound effects represented in this). Robbie Robot and a camouflaged Simon are also retro reminiscent.
The drive in movie marquis says, "Miracle on 34th Street", which Natalie Wood, Robert Wagner's wife, co-starred in as a child. The theater was also known as " The Heart of Screenland".